#5B2494#5B2494

#5B2494 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.172 H 301.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2494
RGB	rgb(91, 36, 148)
HSL	hsl(269, 61%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(269, 76%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.5%, 75.7%, 0%, 42%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.44, 46.73, -51.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.44, 69.46, 312.28°)
OKLab	oklab(40.41% 0.0891 -0.1466)
OKLCH	oklch(40.41% 0.172 301.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.2893, 5.6240, 28.5547)
Luminance	0.0562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B2494 #5D9424

analogous

#242594 #5B2494 #932494

triadic

#5B2494 #945B24 #24945B

tetradic

#5B2494 #942425 #5D9424 #249493

square

#5B2494 #942425 #5D9424 #249493

split-complementary

#5B2494 #949324 #259424

monochromatic

#1E0C32 #3D1863 #5B2494 #7930C5 #985BD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.88

#5B2494 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#5B2494 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2494

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2494	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2494	1.00	9.88	2.12	9.88
#FFFFFF	9.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004297

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004292

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E405A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2494;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 36, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.172 301.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f64b4',
    500: '#5b2494',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2494;
$custom-light: #8f64b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2494",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.464,
    "s": 60.87,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40413,
    "c": 0.17161,
    "h": 301.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2494

secondary

#8BBC58

accent

#E44495

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2494

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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